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N.Y. : W. W. Norton & Company, 2000.. Fine/Unknown. 12 mo., softcover. Fine, beige pictorial wraps. Giftable. Brings to life the remarkable story of a philosopher whose novels celebrated the goodness of everyday existence. 275 pp.

N.Y. : W. W. Norton & Company, 2000. First Edition, 2000. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 12 mo., hardcover. Fine in near fine dj. Giftable. White paper boards with brown quarter-binding and gilt lettering on spine. Brings to life the remarkable story of a philosopher whose novels celebrated the goodness of everyday existence. 275 pp.

New York, NY: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2000. First Printing. Hardcover. 039304856x .

New York: W. W. Norton, 2000. First edition. Hardcover. Fine copy/fine. Small 4to. Two-tone boards. Pp. x, 278. Illustrated.

W. W. Norton & Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2000. Paperback. 0393320790 . 0.68 x 6.94 x 5.06 Inches; 288 pages; A timeless work that will bring healing to anyone dealing with the loss of a loved one. John Bayley began writing <I>Iris and Her Friends</I>, a companion to the <I>New York Times</I> bestseller <I>Elegy for Iris</I>, late at night while his wife, the beloved novelist Iris Murdoch, succumbed to Alzheimer's Disease. As Iris was losing her memory, Bayley was flooded with vivid recollections of his own. In lyrical reverie, Bayley recreates the unforgettable scenes of his youth, from his birth to a civil servant in colonial India to his long romance with Iris and its heartbreaking end. This is the transcendent work of a brilliant man, whose examination of the tragedies and joys of his own life will give readers great healing insight. John Bayley's <I>Iris and Her Friends</I> is nothing less than a classic of… Read More

W. W. Norton & Company. Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket. 1999. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 039304856X . About Iris Murdoch, English author 1919-1999. Her first published novel, "Under the Net", was selected in 2001 by the editorial board of the American Modern Library as one of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 275 pages; 27981 .

W W Norton & Co Inc, 2000. Paperback. New. 288 pages. 7.00x5.25x0.75 inches.

W W Norton, New York - first edition 2000 hardcover, 7 1/4" x 5 1/2", with dust jacket AS NEW book in AS NEW unclipped dust jacket Cream publisher's boards with gold type to fawn quarter-bound spine linen, dark-green endpapers, photographic frontispiece (Author & Iris Murdoch), photographic portrait of Murdoch to Contents page. John Bayley began writing this book late at night while his wife, the beloved novelist Iris Murdoch, succumbed to Alzheimer's Disease. In a Proustian irony, as Iris was losing her memory, Bayley was flooded with vivid recollections of his own - an inverse relationship that has created literature of the most extraordinary resonance. In writing of Iris, Bayley reveals much of himself, avoiding the gloom associated with his family tragedy.